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| Will Moffatt and Brent Evans |
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| ''The impact of childhood epilepsy diagnoses on adult religiosity'' |
| ( 2024, Vol. 44 No.2 ) |
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| For some patients, epileptic seizures are accompanied by surreal physical sensations and religious visions. In some cases, these seizures lead individuals to dramatically change their worldview and religious beliefs. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we build econometric models to assess how a childhood epilepsy diagnosis affects one's religiosity as an adult. While we find no evidence that epilepsy diagnoses increase religious faith, we show that people with epilepsy are 17.7 percentage points more likely to attend religious services at least once per month. |
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| Keywords: Epilepsy, Seizure, Health Economics, Economics of Religion, Religiosity, Religion, Church Attendance, |
JEL: I1 - Health: General
Z1 - Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Sep 15 2023 | | Manuscript Accepted : Jun 30 2024 |
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